Music Exam 2
Musical Elements of the 20th Century: Rhythm:
Abandoning strict meter for rapidly changing time signatures.
Which Genre is this an Example (Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525): Symphony Oratorio Chamber Music
Chamber Music
Improved metal works during the Romantic Era led to what 5 new instruments:
Contrabassoon, Tuba, English Horn, Piccolo, Saxophone
Impressionism focused on the creator's: Impression of the listener's emotions Impression of an event, object, or concept Expression of dynamics
Impression of an event, object, or concept.
The first known public exhibition of film with accompanying sound took place: Around 1970 at Sun Records In 1995 Los Angeles in 1845 In Paris, in 1900
In Paris, in 1900
Romantic Era Timeless Composers
Johannes Brahms and Giuseppe Verdi
Classical Era Timeless Composers
Joseph Hayden and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Star Wars by John Williams relies heavily on: Audience Participation Leitmotifs Synthesizers The timbre of the piano
Letimotifs
During the Enlightenment, which class became the major consumers of music and art: Aristocracy Monarchy Middle Class
Middle Class
Chamber Music
Music for a small ensemble with one player on a part.
20th Century Timeless Composers
Scott Joplin and Aaron Copland
Musical Elements of the 20th Century: Timbre:
Synthesizer and objects such as electronically instruments generate a wide variety of sounds.
Minuet and Trio
Ternary Form ABA
Classical Era Events/People
The American and French Revolutions, Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Romantic Era Events/People
The Industrial Revolution, the Age of Individualism and Charles Darwin.
Nationalism in music may be defined as: Only singing in your own language. The use of folk songs or nationalist themes in operas or instrumental music. Music composed only in your own country.
The use of folk songs or nationalist themes in operas or instrumental music.
Expressionists looked inward, specifically to the anxiety they felt towards the outside world: True False
True
Romanticism might be defined as a cultural movement stressing emotion, imagination, and individuality: True False
True
The music of the Classical Era emulates the balance of Ancient Greek and Roman Art. True False
True
20th Century Events/People
World War I, World War II, Electrical Technology in the Workplace and at Home, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Oratorio
A large-scale choral works for larger choral ensembles.
Symphony
A multi-movement work for an orchestra.
Rondo
Alternation of A with contrasting sections ("B,""C,""D," etc).
Musical Elements of the 20th Century: Melody:
Angular shapes, wide leaps, and unusual phrase structures.
Theme and Variation
Each theme is a varied version of the theme but just variations of the original theme.
Sonata Allegro Form
Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation
Program Music
Music with literary or other extra-musical association.
Which genre fits this Example (Elijah - "O Thou, who makest," Oratorio Program Music Symphony
Oratorio
